Tag: Pollution

Inhaling sulphur, sulphate, copper, iron, nickel and zinc through PM2.5 can trigger maternal oxidative stress and affect the growth of the foetus Photo: Sayantoni Palchoudhuri A new study conducted in Europe has found that maternal exposure to particulate matter (PM) Read More …

At the present rate, deaths per capita from air pollution would increase 20 to 30 per cent during the next 15 years in the two countries. Improving air quality could prevent up to 1.4 million premature deaths per year in Read More …

G7 leaders are committed to a goal of limiting the rise in average global temperatures to 2°C compared to pre-industrial levels, German Chancellor Angela Merkel says. German Chancellor Angela Merkel says the Group of Seven wealthy democracies have agreed that Read More …

A strange dichotomy exists between the pilgrims’ respect for the Ganga and their willingness to pollute it. A serene calm descended upon me as I sat looking out of the same window that Saint Tulsidas is believed to have sat Read More …

Initiatives to clean the river will include rehabilitation of existing sewage treatment plants The Indian government on Wednesday approved a budget outlay of Rs 20,000 crore for rejuvenation of the Ganga over the next five years. The approval marks a Read More …

“Exporting e-waste to Asia worked out 10 times cheaper than processing it in within these countries.” Much of the 40 million tonnes of electronic waste produced around the world — old smartphones, TVs, laptops and obsolete kitchen appliances — finds Read More …